Herbert Seifert
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Herbert Karl Johannes Seifert (German: [ˈzaɪfɐt]; 27 May 1907, Bernstadt – 1 October 1996, Heidelberg) was a German mathematician known for his work in topology.
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Herbert Seifert | |
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Born | Herbert Karl Johannes Seifert (1907-05-27)May 27, 1907 |
Died | October 1, 1996(1996-10-01) (aged 89) Heidelberg, Germany |
Occupation | Mathematician |
Known for | Seifert fiber spaces, Seifert–Van Kampen theorem |
Spouse | Katharina Korn (in 13 September 1949) |
Academic background | |
Thesis | Topologie 3-dimensionaler gefaserter Räume (“Topology of 3-dimensional fibred spaces”) (1 February 1932) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Topology |
Institutions | Dresden University of Technology, Leipzig University |
Doctoral students | Albrecht Dold, Dieter Puppe, Horst Schubert |
Main interests | Three-dimensional closed manifolds |
Influenced | William Threlfall, Pavel Alexandrov, Heinz Hopf |
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